Father kills two-year-old daughter in Bahawalnagar

BAHAWALNAGAR: A father killed his two-year-old daughter after a domestic dispute early Sunday morning, Geo News reported.

The father attacked his daughter with a sharp-edged instrument, according to the police, adding that the suspect has been taken into custody.

The mother said that her husband would often fight with her over the birth of their daughters.

The daughter’s body was shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Chishtian for postmortem and other medico-legal formalities.

On December 4, police arrested a man from Multan’s Basti Malook area for drowning her 5-year-old differently-abled daughter in a canal.

A father of four, Riaz said it had become difficult for him to take care of her visually-impaired and disabled daughter after his wife passed away six months ago, police said.

The FIR quoting his statement says that the father was unable to take care of his daughter and other children by himself.

Police registered a case, filed by the child’s paternal grandfather.

A number of cases of parents killing their children due to poverty or domestic disputes have been reported in Pakistan.